Transactions . Photo, showing proptosis of right eye when X ray Catharine G—. May, 1914. to have remained well until about March, 1914. At thattime her father died, and it was not until April 25th,1914, that the girl was brought again to Dr. Fowler andX-ray applications resumed. Her appearance a week ortwo later is shown in the photograph taken in May, 1914,which I now exhibit. The relative prominence of theright eye is well marked (Fig. 30). LYMPHANGIOMA OP THE ORBIT. 185 X-ray treatment was continued now with greaterregularity, so that in all seventeen applications were madefr
Transactions . Photo, showing proptosis of right eye when X ray Catharine G—. May, 1914. to have remained well until about March, 1914. At thattime her father died, and it was not until April 25th,1914, that the girl was brought again to Dr. Fowler andX-ray applications resumed. Her appearance a week ortwo later is shown in the photograph taken in May, 1914,which I now exhibit. The relative prominence of theright eye is well marked (Fig. 30). LYMPHANGIOMA OP THE ORBIT. 185 X-ray treatment was continued now with greaterregularity, so that in all seventeen applications were madefrom April 2oth, 1914, to Februart/ 2bth, 1915. Thedosage varied from one eighth to one third of an erythemadose at each application. Fig. Photo, taken April, 1915, after X-ray treatment, showing recessionof right eye. Miss Catharine G—. The method emploj^ed in estimating the dosage, anddetails as to the X-ray values employed to prevent injuriesby the rays, will be found in an appended note. The second photograph exhibited shows well the reduc-tion of proptosis, amounting almost to an enophthalmos,now present, the photograph having been taken on AprilIhth, 1915 (Fig. 31). 186 DISEASES OF THE ORBIT. I shall conclude with a few general remarks on thesubject of lymphangiomata, for it receives but scant atten-tion in the text-books of ophthalmology. Lymphangiomata are congenital tumours, consistingessentially of distended lymphatic spaces with a thin con-nective-tissue wall and simple endothelial lining. Theyare found in many situations, such as the root of theneck, where they commonly extend into the deep lym-phatics about the carotid vessels, and may even communi-cate with the axillary space, or may occur independentlyin
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